"For democratic societies such as the United States, book banning contradicts core beliefs. The First Amendment of the US Constitution prohibits Congress from making laws that impinge on the freedom of speech and freedom of press. Americans have struggled with defining these parameters since their adoption."

"Now, if the vast majority of challenges to books involve parents, centre around books available in schools, and deal with such issues as sexual explicitness, offensive language, or the unsuitability of the books for a specific age group, then I think we're no longer talking about book-banning or censorship. I think we're talking about parenting"